Jaws Log

by Gottlieb, Carl

• ISBN13: 9781557046772
• ISBN10: 1557046778
• Edition: 30th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-07-14
• Publisher: Newmarket Pr

Summary

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of the now-classic Steven Spielberg film, a new expanded edition, in hardcover for the first time, of one of the best "making of" books of all time. Steven Soderbergh, Bryan Singer, Rod Lurie, John Landis, Steve Martin, and Rob Reiner are among the many filmmakers who concur, more than 30 years after its first publication, that The Jaws Log by screenwriter Carl Gottlieb deserves an enduring place as a "modern classic" on filmmakers and filmmaking. The only book on how 26-year-old Steven Spielberg transformed Peter Benchley's #1 bestselling novel into the phenomenal movie it became, Gottlieb's chronicle of this extraordinary year-long adventure was first published in 1975, generating 17 printings and selling more than 2 million paperback copies. Long out of print, a new, expanded paperback edition was published in 2000 to mark the movie's 25th Anniversary, featuring a 22-page behind-the-scenes photo album, a new afterword by Gottlieb updating readers on the fates of the filmmakers, and an introduction by Peter Benchley. Now, on the occasion of the movie's 30th Anniversary, The Jaws Logis available for the first time in an affordably-priced hardcover edition with a new foreword by the author. 36 b/w photos.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the 30th Anniversary Edition	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(2)
Peter Benchley
Introduction	11	(4)
Carl Gottlieb
``Some Introductions Are in Order.'' (June 1971--December 1972)	15	(6)
``How a Book Becomes a Movie, Part One.'' (January--May 1973)	21	(6)
``How a Book Becomes a Movie, Part Two.'' (May--December 1973)	27	(6)
``Let's Make It Real...Compared to What?'' (January--February 1974)	33	(16)
``Ready, Get Set, Get Set, Get Set ...'' (March 1974)	49	(12)
``Who Can We Get to Play the Part of ...'' (April 1974)	61	(10)
``Welcome to Martha's Vineyard.'' (May Day 1974)	71	(6)
``Quiet, Please, We're Rolling.'' (May 2--16, 1974)	77	(12)
``Bruce, the Shark.'' (May 17--June 1, 1974)	89	(6)
``Teddy, We Got to Have a Shark by Monday.'' (June 2--10, 1974)	95	(8)
``How Far Along Are We?'' (June 11--20, 1974)	103	(9)
Film Album	112	(77)
``You're Peter Benchley, Aren't You? What Do You Think of All This?'' (June 21--28, 1974)	135	(8)
``The Doomsday Plan, and Why.'' (June 29--July 31, 1974)	143	(18)
``The Boatmen's Strike, the Sinking of the Orca, and the End of the Season.'' August 1974	161	(8)
``Say Good-bye to Martha's Vineyard.'' (September 1974)	169	(6)
``Hello Hollywood, and Are We Done Yet?'' (October 1974--April 1975)	175	(14)
Credits	189	(4)
Endnotes	193	(25)
Index	218	(6)
About the Authors	224